I was hoping to update when I had a dead body to hold over my head. Whatever it was it’s gone. I sent a toilet snake all through the tunnel, I vacuumed everything up and leaf blew the hole out for a couple hours. I pried up the metal plate he had built his nest behind, cleaned that all out and left a bright light shining into his old nest two nights in a row. He’s done no new nest building so I assume he’s gone.
Problem is I’m afraid after he got whacked with the trap he just crawled somewhere in the car and died. It’s driving me crazy. Every time I open my car I’m smelling to see if anything is rotting. My daughter has this car reeking like rotten milk so it’s hard to tell.
I guess he could have had a hole he could have escaped out of the car through, but I assumed he was trapped.
I wish I knew what happened.
If he died inside your car you will eventually smell it, and there will be no mistaking the smell. After Hurricane Wilma in 2005, a bunch of rats ran inside this restaurant I was working in when part of the roof was torn off by the wind. Anyway, they found a way into the back and started eating whatever they could get their dirty paws on that wasn't rerigerated. Corn meal, jalapenos, whatever.
So I figured out where they were getting in - the pipes that led from the sink had a hole big enough for them to get through - and I sealed that shit shut with some insulating foam sealant. That kept them out.
The problem was, in the mean time, the roof had been repaired, so the fuckers were trapped in the walls, unable to get in and unable to get out. When they finally died, that shit smelled absolutely fucking terrible for about a week or two.
So if it died somewhere in the car, you'll know.
@Sex Chicken
